Converted Huts – Springtown Camp

Converted Huts – Springtown Camp

Plans for the proposed conversion of Quonset huts at Springtown Camp (former US naval base during WWII) into temporary living quarters, 1945. Lack of adequate housing in the city, post WWII, led hundreds of families to squat in makeshift accommodation abandoned by US troops. The huts were subsequently retrofitted by the Corporation to house families on a temporary basis. Residents lived in Springtown Camp from 1946 to 1967.